Tanie Kitabayashi
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Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.
Known for
Credits
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
as Granny (voice)
Station (1981)
as Masayo Mikami
Rikyu (1989)
as Mother
Love: Starting on a Journey (1985)
Actor
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Actor
Paper Pigeon (1959)
as Yuki Kashiwabara
White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Tane
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Actor
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
as Old Woman Kane
Proof of the Man (1977)
Actor
Yomigaeri (2003)
as Saki Naito
The Insect Woman (1963)
as Madam
The Last Lady (1967)
as Tsuru
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
as Grandma Shigeko
Shinzōyaburi no oka (1954)
Actor
Inhibited Love (1955)
Actor
Scandal (1950)
as Yasu Hiruta
Beauty and the Thief (1952)
as Mrs. Inokuma
Ane to imôto (1965)
as Itoko
Yakuza sensei (1960)
Actor
Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Kinu Takahashi
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Actor
The Scarlet Bat (1950)
Actor
Genroku onna daimyō (1960)
Actor
Outlaw (1953)
Actor
Dawn Chorus (1955)
Actor
Omoni to shounen (1958)
Actor
Before the Dawn (1953)
as Ofuki
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Actor
Enraptured (1961)
Actor
Buddha (1961)
as Sumi
A Week in Hawaii (1959)
Actor
Blind Devotion (1961)
as Saoko
Bonchi (1960)
Actor
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955)
Actor
The Sun's Burial (1960)
as Chika
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
as Ichizo's wife
Never Give Up (1978)
as Kiyo Matsushita
Umarekawatta Tamegorō (1972)
as Uma Ōnuma
The Shadow of Fear (1956)
Actor
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
as Torah (voice)
Amagi Pass (1983)
as Tea house's old woman
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Actor
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul (1980)
Actor
The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
Actor
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)
as Moko's mother
Youth (1955)
Actor
Summer Storm (1956)
as Mitsu Asai
My Son's Revolt (1958)
Actor
White Beast (1950)
Actor
Suspicion (1982)
as Harue Shirakawa
Call from Darkness (1981)
as Sukeno
The Burmese Harp (1985)
as Old Woman
Odd Obsession (1959)
as Hana
The Human Bullet (1968)
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
River Without a Bridge Part 2 (1970)
Actor
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
as Otoyo
Koga Manshion (1949)
Actor
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
as Oume
Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
Actor
Stakeout (1958)
Actor
Conflagration (1958)
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Only on Mondays (1964)
as Yuka's mother
Miniature (1953)
Actor
My Second Brother (1959)
Actor
Gassan (1979)
Actor
The Heart (1955)
as Hioki's mother
The Long Death (1964)
Actor
The Start of Life (1965)
as Tomi Ishiguro
A Billionaire (1954)
Actor
Writhing Tongue (1980)
as Akira's mother
Tomoshibi (1954)
Actor
Song of Love (1967)
as Orin
Kobayashi Takiji (1974)
Actor
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
as Hayashida's mother
The Incident (1978)
as Kane Shinozaki
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Satoe Miyazaki
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Actor
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Actor
The Wolves (1955)
Actor
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1966)
Actor
The Legend of Sayo (1982)
Actor
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Our Town (1956)
as Otaka
The Human Wall (1959)
Actor
Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
as Shiraki, Teacher
Bad Girl (1963)
Actor
Hole in One (1957)
as Suga Akabane
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
as Nanny at Okumura's
The Motherless (1955)
Actor
小父さんありがとう (1961)
Actor
The Sea of Eden (1976)
Actor
A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)
Actor
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
as Tetsu Ishida
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
as Ohana
A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
Actor
Red Bud and White Flower (1962)
Actor
Marriageable Age (1961)
Actor
Haze of Love (1985)
Actor
Farewell to Spring (1952)
as Old woman
Children of Izu (1962)
Actor
The Grave Tells All (1960)
Actor
The Bitch (1951)
as Tami
Dangerous Women (1985)
as Mrs. Kinumura
Desire (1953)
Actor
Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
Actor
Actress (1956)
Actor
The Final Winner? (1968)
Actor
The Third Will (1963)
as Kimie
A Woman Called En (1971)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
Actor
A Chain of Islands (1965)
as Kikuko Sasaki
Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Actor
Koibito (1951)
as Mrs. Saeki
The Maid's Kid (1955)
Actor
Patience Has An End (1971)
Actor
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
Shokei zen'ya (1961)
Actor
Foundry Town (1962)
as Ume
A Windmill, Tulips and Love (1966)
Actor
Thousand Cranes (1969)
as Toyo
Musume no boken (1958)
Actor
Rainbow Kids (1991)
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
The Greatest Challenge of All (1967)
Actor
My Voiceless Friends (1972)
Actor
The Possessed (1976)
Actor
Shiawase wa doko ni (1956)
as Kane
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Actor
Love is Lost (1956)
as Nobuyo
Chance Meeting (1958)
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
Actor
限りなき情熱 (1951)
Actor
Sisters (1955)
Actor
How Sorrowful (1956)
Actor
The Famous Wanderer (1961)
Actor
Price of Life (1971)
as Tome
Welcome, My Baby (1964)
as Yuki Nishizaka
Apart from Life (1970)
as Matsuko Fukuji
All My Children (1963)
as Fusakichi's mother
Slave Factory (1968)
Actor
The Little Hero (1970)
Actor
Our Teacher (1983)
Actor
Asu no hanayome (1962)
Actor
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
as Fusako Kawai
Journey to the North (1967)
as Hana Kanai
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here (1972)
Actor
Become a Mother, Become a Woman (1952)
as Hide
Daybreak Chorus (1963)
as Old Woman
Terror in the Streets (1970)
as Shino
The Young and Bad (1962)
Actor
The Dawn of Judo (1955)
Actor
Ningen Gari (1962)
Actor
Blood and Sea (1965)
Actor
Hana no unga (1956)
Actor
But the Flesh is Weak (1957)
as Doctor
Oh, My Comrade! (1970)
as Harumi
River Without a Bridge (1969)
Actor
Victory or Defeat (1954)
Actor
Yamada Village Waltz (1988)
Actor
The Wild Daisy (1977)
as Tamiko's Grandmother
Ashita au hito (1962)
Actor
Saigo no sentō-ki (1956)
Actor
Dolls floating down the river (1962)
as Fuku
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to (1952)
as Aunt Otora
Jigoku no hatoba (1956)
Actor
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion (1971)
Actor
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
as Kumi
男の哀愁 (1951)
Actor
Adorable Schemers (1961)
Actor
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)
as Goze / Narrator (voice)